Device for fastening rails to ties.



APPLIOATION FILED MAY 26, 1908 Patented June 1. 1909.

Elvwzntoz, I

JOHN .l'. RUSSELL. OF NEW YORK. N. \f.

DEVICE FOR FASTENING RAILS TO TIES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1, 1909.

Application filed may 26, 1908. Serial No. 35,045.

To all whom it may concern:

Be'it known that I, Join' J. RussnLL, a

citizen of the United States, residing at New YOI'K, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented new and useful IIn rovenicnts in Devices for Fastening Rails to Pics, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to railroad track 1 construction, and more particularly to deed more particularly for use in connection 1 with metal cross tics such For instance as those oi l-lmarn construction.

A further object oi the invention is the insertion or removal of the device as shown by dotted lines. 01 one of the fastening devices. Fig. 5 is a lraginentz'n'y plan view of one end of an I- beani tie. Fig. 6 is-a perspective view of one of the wedge-shaped keys.

Sin'iilar reference characters areemployed to designate correspomling parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawing, A designates a steel or other cross tic which may be of I- bcam or other cross section. The top of the tie is provided with vertical apertures 1 and 2 that are spaced apart so as to lie at opposite sides of the base. 3 ol' the rail 'B. In the present instance, two pairs of openings are provided in the tie at each end so as to receive two fastcnings U, although any other number of fastenings may beelnploycd.

e111 "lOVilltlll? ol two or more iastenin s havi 1' ing terminal lugs for engagiijig opposite sides of the rail bases for prwrentrng lateral movement of the rails, one lug oi" each fasten mg I being 1.1]. the shape of a hook that overlaps ,1

the base of a rail for clamping the latter to to engage the top of the rail base, while the the cross tie.

Another object is the provision ol a tie having a pair of apertures for each fastening arranged to coincide with the edges of the base of the rail and into which apertures the 1 lugs of the fastening project for engagement with the rail base, the fastening being locked I in osition by the hoolicdshaped lug at one end engagin the rail base and a wedge shaped split 'ey'or the like securing or lockihg the lug at the opposite end.

' With these objects in view and others, a. will appear the description proceeds, the invention comprises the various novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which will be more fully described hereinafter and set forth with particuhn'itv in. the

claims appended hereto.

In the accompanying drmving, which illustrates one of the en'dnnliinents ol the invention, Figure 1 is a perspectivo view of a por- 61011 of a tieand rail equipped with the llllo1nts ol the rail sections, the angle spllces proved fastening devices. Fig. 2 is a transvcrse section taken through a rail at the joint l bv full lines, and in various steps during the Each fastening comprises a single piece of metal l'orined into a bar-shaped body or shank l and substai'itialljy para lel lugs 5 and (j at the end of the body and extending from the same side thereof. The lug 6 has its extrrnnity formed into a hook 7 that is adapted lug 5 has slightly rounded sides 8 so as to pass vertically into and out of the opening 2, Fig. 3, and is formed with an aperture 9 for receiving a wedge-shaped split key 10 or equivalent seeuringnieans. The openings or slots 1 ol' the tie are enlarged. at 11 so as to provide ample clearance for the fastening to be turned at a certain point in the placing and removing ol' the fastening, and the shank or body 4 of the fastening is formed with a fulcrum 12 which bears under the top of the tie and causes the hook 7 to be drawn tightly against the rail base when the wedgeshaped split key is inserted, thus securely holding the rail to the tie. The lugs 5 and 6 of each fastening serve to prevent lateral displacement of the-rail, while the hooks 7, which are reversely disposed to engage the opposite sides of the rail, serve to prevent the rail from vertical displacement.

in securing a rail to the cross ties at the l) have their baseengaging flanges 13 notcliwd at 14-, Fig. 2, for receiving the hOOk'. shapc legs 6 as at present notched to receive aspl/(Q the said' lugs being a little higher than those of the l'astenings intendedto secure the rails to the ties at points intermedi- Fig. l is a perspective vimv In constructing a track in accordance with the resent invention, the cross ties A are laid in the roadbed in the usual manner, care being exercised to arrange the ties so that the apertures 1 and 2 thereof will be'even with the bases of the rails. The rail sections are then placed on the ties and brought into proper relation with the apertures 1 and 2 so t at the fastenings C can be inserted. In inserting a'fastening, the same is held in such a position as to introduce the straight lug 5 into the aperture 1 from the top of the tie, as shown by the dotted line position a, Fig. 3. The fastening is lowered until the narrowest part of the shank thereof is in the opening 1, whereupon the fastening is reversed to the dotted line position b, so that by further lowering the fastening and swinging it under the to web of the tie .to a horizontal position t e hook will engage the base of the rail and the lug 5 enter the aperture 2. The wedge-shaped split key 10 is then driven into the hole of the lug 5 for locking the fastening in position. The next fastening is inserted in the same manner except that the hookshaped lug will be at the op osite side of the rail. It will thus .be seen t at the rails can be fastened to the ties or unfastened in a simple and expeditious manner and the rails are firmly secured in position so that spreadingvis effectively prevented.

. rom tin foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the advantages of the construction and of the method of o eration will be readily apparent to those skil ed in the art to which the invention appertains, and while I have described the principleof operation of the invention, together with the device which-l now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I

desire to have it understood that the device shown'is merely illustrative, and that such changes may be made when desired as are within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is 1. The combination of a cross tie having spaced apertures, a rail restin on the tie with the edges of its base coinci ent with the apertures, a fastening consisting of a bod ortion disposed under the tie and of suc ength as to extend from one aperture to the other and having its ends formed respectively into an upwardly-extending apertured lug and an upwardly-extending railengaging hook disposed with its bill pfirojecting toward the lug, said lug and hoo being disposed normally in the apertures of the tie, the aperture in which the hook is contained being of such size as to permit the fastening to be a )plied or removed through the same and to e turned therein, and a lockin pin assing through the apertured lug and earing on the top surface of the tie for holding the fastening in place.

2. The combination of a cross tie'having a horizontal portion provided with spaced apertures, a rail resting on the horizontal portion and disposed between the apertures, a fastening applied to the tie by insertion and removal through one of the a ertures and rovided with straight and r ook-sha )ed ugs at opposite ends respectively exten ing through the apertures and engaging the base of the rail and having a fulcrum bearin against the under side of the said horizonta portion of the tie, and a device secured to the straight lug for holding the fastening in position.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' JOHN J. RUSSELL. Witnesses FRANCIS G. RUssnLL, EMELIA BABCOCK. 

